Wayne County DA: No charges for day care
SALEM TWP. - The Wayne County district attorney's office will not press criminal charges against a day care whose license was revoked by a state agency after allegations of child abuse were made. Just...
View ArticleHonesdale lawmaker imprisoned for DUI
HONESDALE - A borough councilman will spend 45 days in prison and serve five years' probation for driving under the influence, a county judge ruled Thursday. James Leo Brennan, 68, must also spend 45...
View ArticleScranton man sent to state prison for two robberies
A Scranton man will spend three to 10 years in state prison for two fall robberies after being sentenced by Lackawanna County Judge Vito P. Geroulo on Thursday. Logan Oprisko, 22, previously pleaded...
View ArticlePolice: Beware of scam callers
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Township police are cautioning residents to be on the lookout for callers scamming people out of money. A South Abington Twp. man got a call Saturday from a man claiming to be...
View ArticleNo more monkeying around for one Wayne County man
The state Game Commission has had enough of John A. Poliandro's monkey business. The Lakeville man was found guilty of illegal importation of game or wildlife and possession of a Capuchin monkey...
View ArticlePioneer Plaza hotel nears completion in Carbondale
CARBONDALE - More than six months after the Pioneer Plaza hotel was slated to open, the delays seem to be over. There is no doubt in Robert Sakosky's mind that the hotel will be opening soon. The vice...
View ArticleImpact fee money used for roads, rainy days
Northeast Pennsylvania counties and municipalities used impact fee money paid by the state's natural gas drilling industry to fund road and stormwater repairs, reduce taxes and improve public safety,...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 4/20/13
BlakelyDemocratic meeting: Blakely Borough Democratic Organization inviting Democratic candidates for county row offices to meet committee members, Sunday, 2 p.m., borough hose company, 315 Second St.;...
View ArticleDEP proposes to increase shale well permit fees
The state Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to increase permit fees for Marcellus Shale and other unconventional natural gas wells by an average of between $1,000 and $1,800 to keep...
View ArticleElaborate plot succeeds in capturing fugitive in Luzerne County
Fugitive child rapist Clyde Tonkin got duped into capture Thursday night, those involved in the arrest said Friday. Mr. Tonkin, who was convicted of sex crimes after failing to appear for his trial...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 4/20/2013
Two cited after alleged theft try MADISON TWP. - A Pike County man and a Wayne County man were cited for trespassing after they were seen trying to take scrap metal from the site of a defunct...
View ArticleHouse approves gas tax credit bills
HARRISBURG - A House vote this week approving bills providing millions of dollars of state tax credits to develop natural gas markets followed a debate over whether it would promote sound economic...
View ArticleGreenwood Hose Company president accused of stealing more than $395,000
The former president of Greenwood Hose Company 1 and Moosic borough councilman is charged with stealing $395,811.11 from the volunteer fire department, state police said. William Sweeney, 36, of...
View ArticleDetectives bust man with 760 bags of heroin
MOSCOW - A Tobyhanna man is facing drug charges after Lackawanna County detectives said they caught him with 760 bags of heroin Thursday. Thomas John Williams Jr., 27, 8682 Country Place Drive, would...
View ArticlePolice: thief took $1,000 in auto parts from Scranton shop
Thief takes $1,000 worth of car parts SCRANTON - Scranton police are digging for leads after someone stole more than $1,000 in car parts from an auto garage. Scranton police Capt. Glen Thomas said...
View ArticleNorth Pocono union, district back at table
The North Pocono Education Association was digging in for a potentially lengthy labor dispute on Friday, the day after a Lackawanna County Court judge ordered a temporary halt to the union's strike....
View ArticleWayne Bank earnings up 5.2 percent
Norwood Financial earnings up 5.2% HONESDALE - Wayne Bank parent company Norwood Financial Corp. reported $2.3 million in earnings for the first quarter and increase of 5.2 percent compared to the...
View ArticleGuns, collectibles stolen from Thornhurst Twp. homes
Burglaries net guns, collectibles DUNMORE - Several guns were reported stolen in three burglaries at two homes in Thornhurst Twp., state police said Friday. The burglaries were reported between Jan....
View ArticleLocal runners establish fund to help victims of boston marathon bombing
A group of local friends who ran in the Boston Marathon, some finishing just minutes before the bombs exploded Monday, has established a fund to help the victims. "We just feel the need from our...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 4/20/2013
AUSTIN, JOHN, Factoryville, today, 10 a.m., Anthony P. Litwin Funeral Home, 33 Reynolds St., Factoryville, by the Rev. Lori Robinson of Factoryville United Methodist Church. Interment,...
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